Weekly market & economic update – week ending 1 November

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Key events of the past week and implications The past week saw share markets gain but indications from the Fed that it has left open the possibility of a December

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04 Nov 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 25 October

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Key events of the past week and implications The past week saw share markets lose a bit of momentum after a couple of weeks of strong gains, with growth trades

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28 Oct 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 17 October

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Key events of the past week and implications The past week has seen shares and growth related trades rally strongly as the US budget crisis came to an end. As

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21 Oct 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending October 11

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Key events of the past week and implications Political argy bargy around the US Government shutdown and the debt ceiling remained the focus over the last week – but there

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14 Oct 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 4 October 4

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Key events of the past week and implications The partial US Government shutdown was the dominant event globally over the past week. While initially financial markets took it in their

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08 Oct 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 27 September

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Key events of the past week and implications The past week was relatively quiet with the approaching deadline to avert a US government shutdown weighing on US shares but Australian shares

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30 Sep 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 20 September

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Key events of the past week and implications Global share and bond markets got a big lift over the past week as first Larry Summers dropped out of the race

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23 Sep 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 13 September

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Key events of the past week and implications Global share markets pushed higher over the last week helped by mostly good economic news, notably this time from China, and the

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16 Sep 2013

Australia’s new Government

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 It’s over, at least for now The policies of the new Government if implemented are likely to lead to smaller government, less regulation and over time improved productivity and economic

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10 Sep 2013

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 6 September

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Key events of the past week and implications While share markets mostly rose over the past week helped by a delay to action regarding Syria and on the back of

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09 Sep 2013